Canon John Gervase Maurice Walker Murphy
LVO (20 August 1926 — 7 January 2014) was an army chaplain and international
rugby union player from Northern Ireland.
Born in
Bangor, County Down, Murphy attended
Methodist College Belfast and
Trinity College Dublin, in between serving in the
Royal Ulster Rifles. He played rugby as a fullback for
Ireland while a curate in Lurgan, with appearances against the Springboks and All Blacks amongst his six caps.
Murphy became a
Royal Army chaplain in 1955. After 22 years as a chaplain, Murphy was appointed rector of the Norfolk parish of Ranworth and Rural Dean of Blofield. He was later Domestic chaplain to the Queen.
In the
1987 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1987 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...
, Murphy was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
See also
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List of Ireland national rugby union players
References
External links
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1926 births
2014 deaths
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
Sportspeople from Bangor, County Down
Rugby union players from County Down
Dublin University Football Club players
Rugby union fullbacks
People educated at Methodist College Belfast
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Christian clergy from County Down
Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers
Royal Ulster Rifles soldiers
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order